Legal firm had said Real World Portal encouraged misogyny and there was evidence to suggest it is an illegal pyramid scheme

Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate::Legal firm had said Real World Portal encouraged misogyny and there was evidence to suggest it is an illegal pyramid scheme

  • @hyperhopper@lemmy.mlEnglish
    -5•1 year ago

    I don’t support rapists. That dude and people that want his app suck.

    But everybody deserves to be able to run whatever software there want on their devices. And no company should be able to tell you what to do with things that you own.

    • Grant_MEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Apple doesn’t have to provide a platform for a rapist. They have that right. Do you not support freedom?

      • @ilmagico@lemmy.worldEnglish
        -3•1 year ago

        See, when it’s your own home, you can claim that freedom, not to allow unwanted guests. Already if you have a public business, there are anti-discrimination rules. And if you own the whole goddamn city, if that was possible, you probably should have even more restrictions to imposing your will. Apple & Google together have a monopoly on smartphones, so it’s like someone owned all the public squares in the country and decided certain things or people are banned. Legal, maybe, good, not really.

        (If he does get convicted of rape, btw, then he will lose the right to live anywhere but a prison, and so he should also lose access to platforms like Apple. The problem is, that hasn’t happened yet)

      • @hyperhopper@lemmy.mlEnglish
        -5•1 year ago

        I support freedom for people. Apple is not a person.

        Also “platforms” like the one apple now operates is akin to a “platform” like mail which has been determined to be a right. The thing is popular opinion and regulations have not yet caught up to this, but we have never had singular corporations that have widespread control the way tech companies do now. I believe we need to rectify this and make sure that companies that act as platforms for the public stop meddling with what the public does on those platforms.